Mushrooms and trees are inextricably linked. Most trees cannot survive without mycorrhizal partners from the fungal world--and saprobic fungi play a vital role in forest ecosystems, decomposing tree litter. Thus identifying trees is essential to understanding and identifying mushrooms. Eventually, I hope to develop species pages and keys for nearly all of the trees native to North America. But for now I will focus on mushrooms, and create occasional pages for trees (linked below).